(Subject CodeLC) STUDY MATERIAL. Created Date/23/PM This codified statute is a substantive general law of crimes in India, and is exhaustive in respect of matters covered by it. B.S.L. LL.M., LAW OF CRIMES (INDIAN PENAL CODE)CONCEPT OF CRIME CRIME denotes an unlawful act punishable by a state. The term crime does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition, though statutory definitions have been provided for certain purposes The textbook provides a basic intr